• Song:

    Lessons In New Jersey

  • Artist:

    The Meg And Dia Band

Meg And Dia
Lessons in New Jersey
Our Home Is Gone
2004
Submitted by: paramore_fans@yahoo.com

Key: D

Tuning: Standard EADGBe

Chords used:
Bm - x24432
A -  x02220
G -  320033
D -  xx0232
Em - 022000
F# - 244322


Intro:
e|---------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------|
G|-4-2-4--0----------------------------0-------------|
D|-----------4--2--4-0------------0--4---2--2-0------|
A|----------------------4--2--2-4---------------4--4-|
E|---------------------------------------------------|


Verse 1:
     BmSo (x24432@1)I met a guy
He?s from New Jersey
Took me out to
get some food
What you do I asked
I play the guitar
Well baby I play
the guitar too
BmDo (x24432@1)you have plans
         Dfor (xx0232@1)Saturday
Do you think that
                   Ayou (x02220@1)could watch me play
I don't know it depends
          Emon (022000@1)what's going on backstage


Verse 2:
      BmSo (x24432@1)we talked some
more of scales and chords
And when I first attempted
to And he told me that's
not the way to go I said
baby I don't get you


Chorus 1:
BmDon't (x24432@1)you ever play
                Dwhat (xx0232@1)you feel inside
No baby I ain't got
    Athe (x02220@1)time to figure out
                F#what (244322@1)makes you smile
or makes you tend to lie


Post chorus riff: Bm, * means harmonics
e|------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------3--3h5--5--5p0-|
G|---4----4----4------------4----4----4-----------------|
D|---4----4----4--7*--7*----4----4----4-----------------|
A|-0-2--0-2--0-2--7*--7*--0-2--0-2--0-2-----------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------|

e|--------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------|
G|---4----4----4------------4----4----4-|
D|---4----4----4--7*--7*----4----4----4-|
A|-0-2--0-2--0-2--7*--7*--0-2--0-2--0-2-|
E|--------------------------------------|


Verse 3:
       BmSo (x24432@1)he started playing a melody
And wanted me to start soloing
I don't know quite what to do
He said pick it up and
I'll help you through


Chorus 2:
BmDon't (x24432@1)you ever play
                Dwhat (xx0232@1)you feel inside
No baby I ain't got
    Athe (x02220@1)time to figure out
                Emwhat (022000@1)makes you smile
or makes you tend to lie
Bm (x24432@1) It's too late now
D (xx0232@1) I'll show you how
A (x02220@1)               Em (022000@1) Put that guitar down
Put that guitar down


Interlude: Bm-- x4 then Bm--A x8


BmDadalaladada (x24432@1)DDadalaladadada (xx0232@1)BmDadalaladada (x24432@1)DDadalaladadada (xx0232@1)BmDadalaladada (x24432@1)ADadalaladadada (x02220@1)BmDadalaladada (x24432@1)EmDadalaladadada (022000@1)(Repeat)


Bridge:
GTime (320003@1)oh time it slips so fine
   D (xx0232@1)            AIt (x02220@1)kills me about every time
EmI (022000@1)decide that time has come
D (xx0232@1)            AFigure (x02220@1)I'll go get me some
EmThat's (022000@1)not what
your supposed to do
      DDon't (xx0232@1)dare go back
    Athe (x02220@1)failures too
GMaybe (320003@1)I'm a failure
       Bmtoo (x24432@1)so lets get on with it


(Repeat Chorus 2)


(Repeat Bridge)


outro:
     BmSo (x24432@1)I met a guy
He's from New Jersey
Learned a little more
than I thought I would
BmLove (x24432@1)Me Love Me
Love Me Love Me

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